Navion NAVION A N610
17 March 2023 · Mesa, Arizona, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 17 March 2023 at about 19:40 local time, a Navion NAVION A registered N610 was involved in an accident near Mesa, Arizona, United States. 4 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mesa, Arizona, United States
- Coordinates
- 33.4600, -111.7300
- Aircraft
- Navion NAVION A
- Registration
- N610
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1950
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Mesa → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR23LA129
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The pilot of the Ryan Navion’s failure to maintain visual sight of and clearance from another airplane during a formation flight, which resulted in a mid-air collision.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot of a Yakovlev Yak-52 reported that he was in the number three position, off the lead airplane’s left wing while in a four-airplane formation flight. The pilot of the lead airplane initiated a left turn and the formation followed. While in the left turn, the pilot of the number three airplane felt “a bump” from underneath and observed the number four airplane pass under his right wing, and ascend toward the lead airplane. The pilot of the number three airplane realized there had been a mid-air collision, broke away from the formation to the left, and executed an emergency landing. The number three airplane’s right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot of a Ryan Navion reported that, he was in the number four position off of the number three airplane’s left wing in the four-airplane formation flight. The pilot of the lead airplane initiated a left turn and the formation followed. When the pilot of the number four airplane “felt to level off”, his airplane collided with the number three airplane from underneath. He then executed an emergency landing. The fuselage, vertical stabilizer, and rudder were substantially damaged. The pilots of both airplanes reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Aircraft involved
| Aircraft | Registration | Operator | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navion NAVION A | N610 | - | Substantial |
| Yakovlev YAK-52 | N2504U | TTD LLC | Substantial |
Other Navion NAVION accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Mar 2024 | Navion NAVION B | Sanford, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Aug 2022 | Navion NAVION | Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Sep 2021 | Navion NAVION H | Burlington, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Navion NAVION | Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 2020 | Navion NAVION A | Livermore, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jan 2019 | Navion NAVION | Patterson, Louisiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Nov 2023 | Cessna 182G | Casa Grande, Arizona, United States | Altimeter Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Nov 2023 | Theodore C Kalman ELA ECLIPSE 10 | Yuma, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Aug 2023 | Boeing CH-46E | Springerville, Arizona, United States | Sky Aviation Corp | No injuries | - |
| 17 Mar 2023 | Fay David VELOCITY ELITE | Bullhead City, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 May 2023 | General Atomics MQ-9 BLOCK 1 | Elgin, Arizona, United States | US Customs and Border Protection | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jan 2023 | Cessna 172M | Skull Valley, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |